Co-op of the Day: 75 Henry Street, #1B
This ground-floor one-bedroom at 75 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights just hit the market asking $349,000. The listing claims the 895-square-foot is “priced for a quick sale,” which maybe it is on a per-square-foot basis for the neighborhood, but the broker’s not doing anyone any favors with the listing photos. They’re some of the worst…
This ground-floor one-bedroom at 75 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights just hit the market asking $349,000. The listing claims the 895-square-foot is “priced for a quick sale,” which maybe it is on a per-square-foot basis for the neighborhood, but the broker’s not doing anyone any favors with the listing photos. They’re some of the worst we’ve seen on Corcoran (which usually does a great job with them) in a long time! Gotta put your best foot forward in this market.
75 Henry Street [Cocoran] GMAP P*Shark
i think the next installment of Saw is going to take place in this apartment
*rob*
I agree that is is a fine deal for someone who doesn’t like living on a high floor. The view is nice, a garden, the street beyond. Because the entire building is set on a high podium, this is the equivalent of a fourth or fifth floor.
Laying aside the butt-ugliness of the bldg, not really a bad deal. 895 sq ft (PLUS a small exterior terrace), overlooks the building garden (e.g., you have a buffer between you and Henry Strett), you’re actually on the 2nd floor.
Is it really that impossible to imagine the possibilities? Spend $150-175K on a reno, could probably flip this in a couple years for $600-650.
Brooklyn Heights has often been described as an outdoor museum of American architectural styles. In a way, this building is part of the collection. Cadman Plaza was one of the most ambitious Urban Renewal (ie: slum clearance) projects in the country in the early 1960’s. This is what the 1955-65 period was all about in terms of urbanism and modern architecture. This was one of the most successful of the large-scale slum clearance projects, which often ended up as unmitigated disasters.
In some ways it was very idealistic: provide the middle class with solid, hygeneic, affordable housing. Towers and townhouses set in amongst greenery with garages hidden from view. I would love to see one of the modern concrete townhouses be an HOTD some day (if one ever is put up for sale).
“Maintenance includes all utilities.”
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/bitching
It is pretty high maintenance and really a terrible looking place.
Co-op of the day? Really? I say the “Ugliest building of the day which should be razed ASAP.”
7 – yes, just north of a buck per foot is norm for the Heights and this bldg.
I’d say she took about 9 more pictures than she needed to in order to sell this quickly. At $390 psf, somebody will come along and reno it before too long.
Oh, and that is easily the ugliest bldg in the Heights, isn’t it? Former Mitchel-Loma, would have been at home in East Berlin before the wall came down.
Having seen the absolutely STUNNING views of the harbor and lower Manhattan from two apts in this building on higher floors, this apt would be a non-starter for me by virtue of it being on the ground floor. Still, I think the asking price reflects that differential. After seeing a friend’s recent reno of a 3-bed on the 22nd fl, I’ve seriously thought of trading in the brownstone for an apt here when my knees give up the ghost.